Office 365 for Students is an Office 365 plan that is available for free to University of Manitoba students.

This plan allows students to install Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher and Access on up to 5 PCs or Macs and Office aps on other mobile devices including Android, iPad®, and Windows tablets. The plan also includes 1TB of OneDrive storage.

What is included with Office 365?

Office 365 ProPlus for PC (Office 2013 ProPlus base applications)

Office 365 ProPlus for Mac (Office 2011 for Mac base applications)

Office Mobile for iPhone, Android and Windows Phones

How do I get free Office 365 ProPlus?

You must have an active UMnetID. First time students please visit http://umanitoba.ca/iridium and click 'Create UMnetID' prior to getting the Office 365 ProPlus and ensure that you have claimed Office 365 under the "Optional Accounts" or "Additional Student Resources".

Watch this step-by-step instructional video on how to acquire Office 365 for Students, and see the FAQ’s for more information.

How to use 365 Web Apps with @myumanitoba

Students MUST have a @myumanitoba.ca email account to access the Office 365 ProPlus download. If you are a student and do not currently have a myumanitoba email account, click here for instructions on how to claim your myumanitoba email account

Use Office 365 at least once a month. To keep your free license activated, you need to launch at least one Office application (Excel, Word, Outlook, etc.) at least once every 30 days on each device.Otherwise you will receive this notice.

To reactivate your license, click Sign In, then sign in using your @myumanitoba.ca address and its password.